Matt Taibbi's latest in The Rolling Stone

Maybe he tries to channel Hunter S. Thompson a little bit too much, but holy crap this is a great line...

As a result, McCain now has the daunting task of somehow keeping voters in economically hard-hit evangelical regions mesmerized by Bible-humping, gay-bashing bullshit, despite the fact that he only started going to church regularly a month ago and as recently as a year ago was actually saying gay people are human beings. If he doesn't, who knows — people might actually start voting according to their economic interests, which would be disastrous for a Republican Party that has duped America's white underclass for decades, thanks to Christian conservatism.

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Say what you want but the argument that some Republicans vote strictly on social issues and not on their wallets is a solid one.

Maybe he tries to channel Hunter S. Thompson a little bit too much, but holy crap this is a great line...

As a result, McCain now has the daunting task of somehow keeping voters in economically hard-hit evangelical regions mesmerized by Bible-humping, gay-bashing bullshit, despite the fact that he only started going to church regularly a month ago and as recently as a year ago was actually saying gay people are human beings. If he doesn't, who knows — people might actually start voting according to their economic interests, which would be disastrous for a Republican Party that has duped America's white underclass for decades, thanks to Christian conservatism.

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Say what you want but the argument that some Republicans vote strictly on social issues and not on their wallets is a solid one.

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Well, that's not true. An overwhelming majority of very wealthy people vote Republican based solely on economic self preservation.

Maybe he tries to channel Hunter S. Thompson a little bit too much, but holy crap this is a great line...

As a result, McCain now has the daunting task of somehow keeping voters in economically hard-hit evangelical regions mesmerized by Bible-humping, gay-bashing bullshit, despite the fact that he only started going to church regularly a month ago and as recently as a year ago was actually saying gay people are human beings. If he doesn't, who knows — people might actually start voting according to their economic interests, which would be disastrous for a Republican Party that has duped America's white underclass for decades, thanks to Christian conservatism.

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Say what you want but the argument that some Republicans vote strictly on social issues and not on their wallets is a solid one.

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Well, that's not true. An overwhelming majority of very wealthy people vote Republican based solely on economic self preservation.

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All of the people I know that vote Republican do so solely for economic reasons, and almost all are left leaning on every other issue. Of course I'm not friends with too many religious Christian folk.

And I thought Wenner did a good job fellating Obama. What do you expect when the publisher does an interview? I always like how any Q&A RS does has to make a half-hearted stab at talking about music. I wish Obama would've said, "Who's in my iPod? Who gives a fuck?"

Maybe he tries to channel Hunter S. Thompson a little bit too much, but holy crap this is a great line...

As a result, McCain now has the daunting task of somehow keeping voters in economically hard-hit evangelical regions mesmerized by Bible-humping, gay-bashing bullshit, despite the fact that he only started going to church regularly a month ago and as recently as a year ago was actually saying gay people are human beings. If he doesn't, who knows — people might actually start voting according to their economic interests, which would be disastrous for a Republican Party that has duped America's white underclass for decades, thanks to Christian conservatism.

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Say what you want but the argument that some Republicans vote strictly on social issues and not on their wallets is a solid one.

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Yep, I think that has a good deal of support. Thomas Frank basically makes that argument in "What's the matter with Kansas?"